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Friday's action in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association saw No. 6 Minnesota Duluth, No. 11 St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State each secure victories.
Box Scores and Recaps
- No. 11 St. Cloud State 4, No. 3 Minnesota 3 - Box Score | Minnesota Recap | St. Cloud State Recap
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - For the first time in program history, No. 11 St. Cloud State defeated No. 3 Minnesota inside Ridder Arena. The Huskies scored two unanswered in the opening period off of goals from Sofianna Sundelin and Emma Gentry. Emma Kreisz lit the lamp for Minnesota right over a minute into the second frame for the only goal of the period. The third period was a back-and-forth battle as Ava Lindsay scored the equalizer for Minnesota at the 10:51 mark. St. Cloud State's Sundelin then netted her second of the game to take back the lead, but Minnesota's Ella Huber responded with a goal just under two minutes left to tie the game at three. With only 31 seconds to go, Ella Anick scored the final goal of the game to give the Huskies the 4-3 upset victory.
- No. 6 Minnesota Duluth 8, Minnesota State 2 - Box Score | Minnesota Duluth Recap | Minnesota State Recap
DULUTH, Minn. - After defeating Minnesota State 8-2 on Friday afternoon, the sixth-ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs extended their win streak to three games. The Bulldogs opened up with a power-play goal just over five minutes in from Caitlin Kraemer before teammate Clara Van Wieren gave UMD a 2-0 lead just over two minutes later. Minnesota's State Claire Vekich then responded with the first goal for the Mavericks before UMD's Van Wieren scored her second goal to close out the first. Vekich then opened up the second with a power-play goal for the Mavericks. The Bulldogs responded with three unanswered goals in the second courtesy of Kraemer, Olivia Wallin, and Mary Kate O'Brien. The third frame saw Van Wieren record her first hat trick of the season on the power play with less than four minutes left in the period. Wallin scored her second goal to finish the game and give the Bulldogs the 8-2 win. Sophomore netminder Ève Gascon picked up her 12th win of the season with a 23-save performance.
- Bemidji State 5, St. Thomas 0 - Box Score | Bemidji State Recap | St. Thomas Recap
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. - Bemidji State recorded its first conference play road victory of the season with a 5-0 shutout over St. Thomas on Friday night. Hailey Armstrong scored the opening goal of the game with less than two minutes remaining in the first period to give the Beavers the 1-0 lead. After a scoreless second period, Izy Fairchild scored 35 seconds into the third to extend the lead for the Beavers. Bemidji State then scored three more unanswered in the remaining three minutes of the contest, with goals from Armstrong, Heidi Strompf, and Kate Johnson. Eva Filippova recorded her first shutout of the season in the win for Bemidji State and collected 27 saves on the night.
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